Boxing Opinion
Once upon a time in what seemed like a different world, boxing had torch passing moments. Muhammad Ali shaking Mike Tyson’s hand in the ring before blitzing Tervor Berbick. Oscar De La Hoya’s domination of Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez and later, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao’s victories over De La Hoya. Moments of history … More Target Locked: Tank Davis the Next American PPV King
Los Angeles, December 6th, 2019- Weigh-ins and wonderment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today set boxing Twitter timelines on fire. Anthony Joshua looking light, lean, and mean weighed in for a revenge rematch against the only man to paste a 1 over the 0 on his record, Andy Ruiz Jr. At 237 pounds Joshua … More Tipping the Scale: Ruiz and Joshua 2
Los Angeles, December 4th, 2019- This Saturday Anthony Joshua will walk into a boxing ring with much of the world believing he won’t win. Not because they hate him over petty promoter loyalties, or for reasons only the most ardent of boxing Twitter trolls can relate to. This time people just don’t believe in him. … More Anthony Joshua: The Bigger They are the Harder They Fall
Los Angeles, April 9th 2019- It felt eerily calm last weekend, I had time to edit a few film projects for clients that have been sitting around longer than I’d have liked. As I sat ferociously editing at a furious pace whilst chugging my new favorite energy drink BANG by the case I though to … More Things Are About To Heat Up
Breaking Up with Pacquiao: Its not you, Its me Los Angeles (July 11, 2018)- Breaking up is hard to do. In my lifetime I’ve had to do it more times than I’d have liked to, you’ve had to do it too. Our favorite fighters eventually come to the end of what are remembered as magical times … More Breaking Up with Pacquiao: Its not you, Its me
They’re Just Sick of it All Los Angeles, (July 3, 2018)- A first in boxing, the two biggest names in the sport met digitally via Facebook for a press conference headed by Mauricio Pedroza of ESPN. Pedroza did his best to rile up the old angst from the heated fan fest event held at LA Live … More Let’s Try This Again: Canelo Golovkin Sell Rematch via Facebook
Golden Boy Takes Fights to Facebook Los Angeles, (July 02, 2018)- Joining the rest of the boxing world, promoter Golden Boy announced a partnership with Main Events to stream live boxing via Facebook. In the era of extreme politics in boxing, putting together competitive matchups pitting the top tiers of competition against each other has become increasingly … More Double Tap: Golden Boy Takes Fights to Facebook
WBC Firm on Decision to Drop Canelo Alvarez Los Angeles (May 15 2018)- Saul Canelo Alvarez caused one of the biggest stirs in boxing of the last few generations, becoming the largest figure in the sport to fail not just one but two drug tests for performance enhancing substances. The immediate backlash from the public was … More Et Tu Canelo? WBC Clear on Canelo Alvarez
The Times Aren’t-A-Changing, They’ve Already Changed for Boxing Media Los Angeles, (May 3, 2018)- On April 23rd the Chicago Sun Times posted a blank front page to their print and online outlet in an effort to bolster subscribers. The symbolic attempt was a plea to the public that truthful journalism comes at a price, that a … More The Times Aren’t-A-Changing, They’ve Already Changed for Boxing
Albert Baker The best thing in boxing you should be watching or, at the least be most excited about isn’t even on your radar considering the smoking hot renaissance of the welterweight division. Amidst the projected pandemonium of the Canelo vs. Golovkin rematch there is an unsung and much unheralded hero in boxing broadcast that … More World Boxing Super Series: The Best Tournament in Boxing You Never Saw